Re: NodeJS with NPM

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

[picking this up now that branch is over]

>> Why will whatever is problematic with building npm as a package not be
>> problematic when npm is built within the nodejs build?
>
> Simply, I don't have the time to dig into the problem. It is fairly
> easy to build npm with nodejs, and currently our lang/npm is outdated:
> NodeJS 19 comes with npm 9.5.1.

What I meant is: Given the building npm uses the net and is a mess, why
you believe that building npm within node is ok?

If you mean "I have this change locally and have tested it not to use
the net, and in general the build within node is saner", that's fine --
but you didn't say that and I try to avoid mind reading in discussions.

Certainly I don't mean to ask you to fix lang/npm.  I just want to be
clear on whether we are making a structural improvement.